Transliteration:( Hal yanzuroona illaaa an taatiyahumul malaaa'ikatu aw yaatiya amru Rabbik; kazaalika fa'alal lazeena min qablihim; wa maa zalamahumul laahu wa laakin kaanoo anfusahum yazlimoon )
69. This means those who did not believe in you after seeing you and hearing your words are either awaiting death or the worldly torments, like the defeat suffered in the Battles of Badr and Hunain.Â
From this we learn that the Holy is the final medium Prophet ? of obtaining guidance. Those who did not receive guidance from him cannot obtain guidance from any other source.
70. By this is meant the people of Aad and Thamood, remained obstinately on infidelity. After witnessing the Divine punishment they began to perceive the truth about their Prophets. But belief of that time would be of no use, because it would not remove the punishment.Â
71. By unjust means to use someone's thing without his permission. We belong to Allah Almighty and to act against His wishes would be injustice and oppression. Both the sinful believer and the infidel are oppressors. However, the infidel is a greater oppressor. Says Allah Almighty "Undoubtedly, the association with Allah is a tremendous wrong" (S31 V13)
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33. Are they but waiting for the angels to come to them, or there comes the command of your Lord Thus did those before them. And Allah did not wrong them, but they were wronging themselves. 34. Then, they were afflicted by their evil deeds, and they were surrounded by that which they used to mock.
Threatening the idolators for their persistence in falsehood and their conceited delusions about this world, Allah says: Are these people waiting only for the angels to come and take their souls Qatadah said:
(Or there comes the command of your Lord) means the Day of Resurrection and the terror that they will go through.”
(Thus did those before them.) means, thus did their predecessors and those who were like them among the idolators persist in their Shirk, until they tasted the wrath of Allah and experienced the punishment and torment that they suffered.
(And Allah did not wrong them.) because by sending His Messengers and revealing His Books He gave them enough warning and clearly demonstrated His proofs to them.
(but they were wronging themselves.) meaning, by opposing the Messengers and denying what they brought. For this reason Allah’s punishment tormented them.
(they were surrounded) meaning, they were overwhelmed by the painful torment.
(by that which they used to mock.) meaning, they used to make fun of the Messengers when they warned them Allah’s punishment, and for this it will be said to them on the Day of Resurrection:
(This is the Fire which you used to belie.) (52:14).
(16:33) (O Muhammad), are they waiting for anything else than that the angels should appear before them, or that your Lord’s judgement should come?[29] Many before them acted with similar temerity. And then what happened with them was not Allah’s wrong-doing; they rather wronged themselves.
29. This is to admonish the unbelievers to this effect: Why are they still hesitating to accept the message which is very simple and clear? We have tried every method to present each aspect of the truth clearly with arguments and brought witnesses thereof from the whole system of the universe, and have left no room for any man of understanding to stick to shirk. Now what are they waiting for is nothing more than this that the angel of death should come before them and then they will accept the message at the last moment of their lives. Or, do they wait for the scourge of God to overtake them and make them accept the Message?
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